Kim Jong Un supervises test of new anti-aircraft guided weapon system

The Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates, who also attended the committee meeting, refused to share details of the proposed timeline for North Korean nuclear potentiality, out of fear that any leak of US security intelligence could give Pyongyang the upper hand. Coates stated: “we do not have constant, consistent capabilities and so there are gaps, and the North Koreans know about these,” adding that “Kim Jong-un has publicly stated that he would like to have intercontinental ballistic missile capability that could reach the United States … but they have not reached that capability yet.”